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The extension of the line across the border from Dudelange to Volmerange-les-Mines in France opened to public traffic on 15 December 2003. | The extension of the line across the border from Dudelange to Volmerange-les-Mines in France opened to public traffic on 15 December 2003. | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 27 November 2017
Country Name
Luxembourg
National Railway System
National Railway Operator
Chemins de fer Luxembourgeois (CFL).
Language
Letzebuergesch, French and German
Currency
Euro
UIC code
numeric 82; alpha L
Timetable
Journey Planner
Downloadable Timetable
Passengers. Under "Download the timetables", select the option required:
- National trains
- International trains
- SaarbrückenExpress bus
- Bus gare Lorraine TGV
- National bus
Printed Timetable
CFL no longer produces a printed timetable. However, timetable leaflets are available for each line and for bus services and international trains.
Engineering Information
Bus Information
Maps
Printed Maps
- European Railway Atlas: France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg by M.G. Ball (1991) (ISBN 0-7110-2011-6)
- European Railway Atlas by M.G. Ball (2008 onwards)
- Eisenbahnatlas Frankreich, Band 1 Nord (ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7), published by Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH (website in French, German, English and Italian). Page 19 shows railways in southern half of Luxembourg at 1:300.000 scale. Single and double-track lines are distinguished. Tourist lines are identified and named. Lines out of use and those entirely closed are also shown. Rivers, canals and forests are marked.
Web-based Maps
- Sporenplan has a schematic track diagram. Click on "Sporenplannen" on the left hand side for a map showing the countries covered.
- Thorsten Büker's Benelux Map.
Ticketing
The Tickets in Luxembourg web page gives details of all ticket types, including the useful Dagesbilljee (day ticket) and Saar-Lor-Lux international rover ticket.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Authority
The Administration des Chemins de Fer (ACF) is the national authority for the railways.
Network Statement
Documents de référence du réseau > Network Statement DRR 2014 (english version)
Gauge
Standard
Electrification
Sterpenich/Kleinbettingen to Luxembourg (used by SNCB) is 3 kV dc; the rest is at 25 kV 50 Hz. All CFL passenger routes are electrified.
Rule of the road
Right (except for the Sterpenich - Luxembourg section which is used by SNCB and has left hand running).
Distances
Detailed distances for each line are given in the Network Statement Appendix 3A: The Luxembourg Rail Network
Other Railways
None.
Tourist Lines
- L'Association des Musee et Tourisme Ferroviaires (AMTF) (Train 1900) (standard gauge, 8km length): Pétange (close to CFL station) to Bois de Rodange with reversal at Fond de Gras. A connection with the CFL network at Pétange sees occasional through excursion trains.
- Minièresbunn Doihl asbl (MBD) (700 mm gauge): a preserved mining line, from Fond de Gras via Doihl and through a 1400 m long tunnel to Lasauvage. Thence are two branches: to Saulnes [France] and to Lasauvage Eglise. Part (including the tunnel) is electrified at 500 V dc while other sections are worked by steam or diesel.
- Musée National de Mines de Fer (700 mm gauge 4.2 km circuit): a preserved mining line at Rumelange.
- Ardoisière Haut-Martelange (narrow gauge, less than 1 km length); a tourist line next to the slate museum at Martelange Haut. Trains normally run half hourly in the afternoon of the first Sunday of the month in summer.
Metro
None
Trams
Luxtram - A new tram system is now under construction, of which the first section is scheduled to open on 10 December 2017 from the depot at Kirchberg [Luxexpo] to Pont Rouge. Completion of this first line through to Gare Centrale (main railway station) is forecast by 2020. Other extensions to system (including the Airport) are projected by 2021. More information at Luxtram website [in French or German only]: Luxtram
Recent and Future Changes
From 4 April 2016 the service from Thionville to Longwy over the Bettembourg avoiding line was withdrawn.
From 17 February 2016 Rodange - Athus [BE] [ - Virton] was reduced to a skeleton service because the introduction of different signalling systems meant there was no suitable CFL rolling stock available; the service was withdrawn completely from 20 June 2016 but resumed from 11 December 2016.
Double tracking of the line from Hollerich to Petange completed in December 2012.
The extension of the line across the border from Dudelange to Volmerange-les-Mines in France opened to public traffic on 15 December 2003.
Work has progressed on the following projects:
- Gare Centrale is undergoing a long-term rebuilding programme to increase capacity, started in 2006, including adding two extra platforms and three new tracks.
- A new parallel viaduct at Pulvermuhle (just north of Luxembourg), allowing Lines 10 and 30 to be split, now with completion in Spring 2019.
- Double tracking of the line from Hamm to Sandweiler
- A new line to be built from Howald to Bettembourg. The first phase, covering construction of the new line and temporary connections to the existing line at Howald and Bettembourg, was finally approved in February 2016. The line is planned to be completed in 2024.
- Four new 'peripherique' stations to be constructed at Howald, Cessange, Kirchberg-Pfaffenthal (on the Luxembourg - Dommeldange line) and Dommeldange and linked by tramway. It will be linked to the first section of the new tramway (opening 10 December 2017) just east of Pont Rouge by a twin funicular. Howald and Kirchberg-Pfaffenthal stations will open 10 December 2017.
- Further stages of the new tramway have been approved; Southward to Howald and Cloche d'Or late 2021 and north-eastwards from Luxexpo to Findel Airport with opening projected for 2021.
Other plans (see on-line brochure issued in 2007), with no target date, include:
- Double tracking of the line from Rodange to Longwy
- A new line from Belval Universite (formerly Belval-Usines) to Belval Mairie
- A new tunnel between Belval to Oberkorn
- A new line from Hamm (west curve) and Sandweiler (east curve) to Findel Airport and Kirchberg Expo
- Modernisation of the Luxembourg to Kleinbettingen line
- Modernisation of the Dommeldange to Ettelbruck line
- Double tracking and a new platform to be built at Michelau
Special Notes
CFL provides the only passenger service to Audun-le-Tiche and Volmerange les Mines (France).
